Stable cleaner



I J. S. FERNANDES STA-ISLE CLEANER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 19. 1924 h m INVENTOR 4 TTORNEY 4 J. S. FERNANDES STABLE CLEANER Nov. 10,1925. I 1,560,680

Filed Aug.'19. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I X 47' Ah V Ii "I, f 51/ 4(6 26 n I, I I II I 2% I TTDRNEY Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH sAn'ros FER NDES, or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

' STABLE oLnAN'ER.

Appllcat1on ma -m ust 19, 1924'.'s m1'1,7;2,993.

T0 all whom it may concern. Be it knownthat I, JOSEPH S. FERNANDES, a citizen of Portugal, residing at Hartford, in thecounty of Hartfordand-State of Cons necticut, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements inhStable Cleaners, of which the-following is a specification; My invention relates to improvements in stable cleaners, having reference to the cleaning of cow-barns of modern formof construction having concrete bases. and foundation Work and involving the useof a conveyor structure for removing the manure from in back of the stalls for the cows, and the object of my improvement is'to produce a combination of devices that will serve to effect by means of a power driven mechanism the arduous and laborious duties that are now performed by manual labor in an essentially automatic and efficient manner. V In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 isa plan view of my improved stable cleaner as applied to a cow-barn.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figure 3 is a plan view on an enlarged scale of one end of the same, showing the power-driven wheel and adjacent parts.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the same. Figure .5 isa. side elevation on a still further enlarged scale of the car-dumping section of the conveyor system and the adjacent parts.

Figure 6. is an end dumping section, diflerent positions.

Figure 7 is a sectional 77 of Fig. 1. a i a Figure 8 is a sectional view on the line 88 of Fig. 3. a it Figure 9 is a' plan view ofthedetailaof the inter-engaging parts ofv the driving wheel and the conveyor chain, comprising a 2. prong or tooth on the one-and a special link on the other.

Figure 10 is an edge view of the same. Figure 11 is a sectional view on the line 11-11 of Fig. 2, and on thesame scale,

My improved stable cleaner comprises a conveyor structure 10 that is applied to a stable 11 of modern form and in which concrete structural work 12 is employed on a liberal scale for the'bases and foundations, including the beds 13 for the stalls 14 for a car being indicated in e'levational view of the view on the line the cows lli and for the difierent elements the structural work tobe described.

As shown there are four stalls 14 eachof which is adapted for two cows 15 and immediately in back or outside of the'stalls prop er is a trough or trench 16, ofsuitableisize and form to operativelyhouse a car 17 and the connected'parts.

' The car 17 has al box-like body 18 that is openatthe top and that serves asthe con tainer to receive and. deliver the manurethat is deposited thereinfrom iii-aback; of the stalls 14. The bottom of the car 17 is prov vided with a set of wheels 19 that rest during the greaterpa'rtof the travel onjtrack's 20 of plate-like form, said wheels 19 being laterally spaced, as shown in Fig. 7. i

The inner edge portions 21 of the tracks 20 are turnedupwardly and opposed one, to

the other in spaced relation to 'providea guideway 22 for, the chain portion231 of the conveyor structure 10. Adjacent each end of the car 17 is a pendant lug 24 that. is

26 of the chain23f Flanges 27 are provided along the lateral edges of the trench 16 that overhang, the car 17 so as to prevent refuse from being deposited between the sides of the car and the opposed side walls of the trench 16. The flanges 27 also serve as the operative means for deflecting} certain provided with a perforation .25 by whichit is operatively mounted on therod element.

spring covers 28 that are provided at'the rear end of each car 17rand that in the olepressed position serve. to bridgeand cover 7 the space 29 betweenfladjaoent cars 17." j g In Fig. 8 is shown the spring-hinge 30 that connects the car body 18 with the'cover 28, the mounting being such as't-o provide for swinging the cover rearwardly responsive to contact withthe flanges27-. H

At the manure pit ll outside thestable 11, the track rails 20 are interrupted and also the overhanging flanges 27 i and the car 17 is free to swing laterally 'onthe rod-26 so as to dump the car, the spring hinge 30 serving substantially simultaneously to open the cover 28 and permit of freedom of movement ofthe car that is being dumped. After the car has been dumped While-in registration with the pit ll the earl? is restored to the upright position by means of a guide-contactrod 31 that is suitably curved, as shown, so that the change in position of the car is effected gradually as it travels along and for a short distance before engagement is made with the driving wheel 52 there may be a short section 33 having a platform for suoporting the car 17 and a guide-trough or channel for the conveyor chain 23., I

In the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the left-hand wheel 32 serves as the drive wheel for the conveyor chain 23 and is itselr driven in anyproper "manner.- 'As shown, sa d wheel 82 has its shaft 36 exdo fivardly' into-"a driving pit 37 and means are provided for driving the same means oiho'rses 38, andior which 1 be'substituted. V r Elie righthand wheel 39"is similar to the left-hand wheel as t-o'the structure of the wheel itself but the mounting thereof is,

however, special in that it is supported for adjustment to provide tension to the conveyor-chain Said wheel 39is operatively supported by means of-1ts 40 on a carriage .1 that rides on the set o1" rails andi which" carriage 41 is adapted to be shifted'to'the position desired for adjustment by" means of the adjustment screw d3 thatenga-gcs with, the outer end portion dl of said carriage 41. s A tightening device 441' in the form of a screwoperated' device may be provided to hold the-carriage il in the adjusted position, two

such devices being"conveniently provided placed individually ad acent one of the track-rails 42."

The rod elements. 26 of the conveyor. chain-23 are provided adjacent the ends'n' 'itli collars 45 that serve to position the, car 1'? thereon by engageinentjwiththe pendant lugs 2 and the end. portions that pro? ject beyond saidlcollars45 are connected to the driving links47. i

Said driving links 4:? are, as shown of double form, comprising a" pair of "plates l v'that are positioned in spaced relation and connected tothe rods 26 by the pivotal pins or bolts 48. The space intermediate the plates 49. iszan operative lit for thetooth. or prong 51' that serves as the driving'eleinent of the wheel 32. I

The drivingjeeth 51 may be conveniently located each at the'end of a wheel-spoke that projects, outwardly from the hub 53, the parts being constructed and" arranged sothat as'the driving wheel 32 i'otates the teeth 51 serve to operatively' engage with the'driving linl fs 45. thedirecticno'fmoveinent in the drawings; as shownbeing counter-clockwise. v

Stalls mav be providedalso on the opposite side ofthe barn "from those shown and these may be served with the apparatus shown and described",ithe principlesof operation being the same.

fhanging the-sides of'the car, and a cover hinged to one end of said car for bridging. the space ad acent said-end and intermediate sa d car andan ad acentcar.

2; a stable cleaner, a stable having a trench' cars' operatedln said trench, flanges on said trench cover'ing'the spaces between the opposed sides or" the trench and cars, a cover at one end of a car" forbridging the space" between said end? and the adjacent car and provided with spring actuated means tending'toopen said cover, and said flanges cooperatingwith said cover to-hold the same closed. v 1

' 3. Ina stable cleaner, a stable having a trench, connected cars operating" in said trench, spring'actuated covers on said cars for, bridging the spaces between adjacent cars, and means provided for holding said covers inoppositionto the spring actuating means when the said cars are operating in saidtrench. V V

4. A stable'cleaner' coinprisingin' combination, a-stable having a trench, a dumping chamber outside said stable, a chain traveling in said'tren'ch and extending across said chamber, a set' oi cars traveling in said trench and across said chamber, I the bottoinfof'said, trench serving as the support forsaid cars when in the trench, and means connecting said cars individually with said chain and serving to support said cars when inr'egistrati'on with said chamber, said con?- necting means b g o Pivotal form for permitting of dumping said car's.

' 51A st'able'c'leaner" as described in claim 4, said chain being located substantially undfirneath the middle of said cars individi a y. I q i v 61 In a stable cleaner, a stable having a trench, carstraveling in said trench' and a chain for driving said cars, flat plate-like t'raclisin said trench, spaced laterally one fromth'e other and wheels on said cars 'for traveling on said tracks, channel walls pro:- jected upwardly from, the inner? edges; of said tracks and opposed one to the other. in spaced relation, so as t'o'providea channel, and said chain being positioned in said channel.

7. Ina stable cleaner, a stable, a dumpin'gchamber adjacent one endof said? stable, cars. and chain driving means therefor, a drivingwheel for said chain outside said stable and beyond said chamber, said chain claim 7 said cars having pivotal connection extending across said chamber, a trench with said chain for permitting of tilting 10 Within said stable having tracks for said sidewise when in registration With saidv cars that terminate at one end of said chamchamber, and a cam device for cooperating her, and an auxiliary track structure bewith the car structure for restoring it to yond the other end of said chamber and adthe upright position.

jacent said driving Wheel for said cars. a

8. In a stable cleaner as described in JOSEPH SANTOS'FERNANDES. 

